ODISA YUVA SANSKRUTIK SANSAD

        Ms Manasi Pradhan , founder of Nirbhaya Vahini, Nirbhaya Samaroh and OYSS Women(born 4 October 1962) .She is an Indian women's rights activist and author. She is the founder of Honour for Women National Campaign, a nationwide movement to end violence against women in India. In 2014, she was conferred with Rani Laskhmibai Stree Shakti Puraskar by the President of India along with Mary Prema Pierick, global head of the Missionaries of Charity, she won the 'Outstanding Women Award' in 2011.She has served on the panel of Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board) for India and Inquiry Committee of the National Commission for Women.

        Ms Manasi Pradhan is frequently featured by international publications and organizations. In 2016, the New York-based Bustle (magazine) named her among 20 most inspiring Feminists Authors and Activists. In 2017, the Los Angeles based Welker Media Inc. named her among 12 most powerful feminist change makers. In 2018, the Oxford Union of University of Oxford invited her to address the union. The life story of Manasi Pradhan has been adopted as documentaries in United States and Israel.